I've been watching some old ECW today and my god this guy was brilliant. I honestly think he got a little unlucky. ECW shut down right as he had just won the ECW title and held the TV title at that time and was looking unbeatable. Pildriving people from the top rope and off the apron through Table.... not to mention his "Gore" which was amazing. He was just an animal.
If ECW could have carried on a couple more years then he would have come to WWE with the same repuatation and standing as RVD and other top names.
When he came to WWE, i think they completely ruined him. They made him the lowest member of the stable with E&C and Kurt Angle (Team RECK i think). He was given the
**** belt (but at the time it was up for grabs all the time you just needed a ref) so no really stella feuds came about then despite guys like Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Mike Awesome, RVD & Raven holding it around the same time (such a shame).
Its a shame because despite his less than perfect mic skills he was alright and he should have been marketed as a insane monster heel (not in size but attitude) because of all the people that WWE didn't get the best out of i think he could have been massive (he's still only 33). I think Rhino had every bit of potential that RVD, The Dudleys & Taz had to offer but WWE just didn't see it.